Prisons books

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Behind Bars: Latino/as and Prison in the United States

Behind Bars: Latino/as and Prison in the United States...
Author: S. Oboler ISBN: 9780230619241 Format: Hardback	$250.80
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Mother California: Life in a Maximum-Security Prison

Mother California: Life in a Maximum-Security Prison...
Author: Kenneth Hartman ISBN: 9781934633199 Format: Hardback	$58.08
"A fierce but affecting memoir of a convicted murderer, ""Mother California"" chronicles Hartman's growing self-awareness... Read More >>

A Woman Doing Life: Notes from a Prison for Women

A Woman Doing Life: Notes from a Prison for Women
Author: Erin George , Robert Johnson ISBN: 9780199734757 Format: Paperback	$79.07
Revised edition of the author's A woman doing life published in 2010. Read More >>

Guantanamo, USA: The Untold History of America's Cuban Outpost

Guantanamo, USA: The Untold History of America's Cuban...
Author: Stephen Irving Max Schwab ISBN: 9780700616701 Format: Hardback	$92.27
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The Big House: Image and Reality of the American Prison

The Big House: Image and Reality of the American Prison...
Author: Stephen Cox ISBN: 9780300124194 Format: Hardback	$68.64
Tells the story of the American prison - its politics, its sex, its violence, its inability to control itself -... Read More >>

Faith, Ideology and Fear: Muslim Identities within and Beyond Prisons

Faith, Ideology and Fear: Muslim Identities within and...
Author: Gabriele Marranci ISBN: 9781441158154 Format: Electronic book text	$316.80
Examines the delicate relationship between the experience of prison among Muslims and the formation of religious... Read More >>

The National Security Court System: A Natural Evolution of Justice in an Age of Terror

The National Security Court System: A Natural Evolution...
Author: Glenn Sulmasy (National Security and Human Rights Fellow, and Professor, National Security and Human Rights Fellow, and Professor, Havard University and U.S. Coast Guard Academy) ISBN: 9780195379815 Format: Hardback	$132.95
The recent Boumediene v. Bush decision, which tossed aside the dysfunctional military court system envisioned by... Read More >>

Laogai

Laogai
Author: Nan Richardson , Nicole Kempton ISBN: 9781884167775 Format: Hardback	$118.80
This shocking expose unveils the dirty secrets behind China's consumer boom. Read More >>

Explaining U.S. Imprisonment

Explaining U.S. Imprisonment
Author: Mary F. Bosworth ISBN: 9781412924870 Format: Paperback	$167.00
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Explaining U.S. Imprisonment

Explaining U.S. Imprisonment
Author: Mary F. Bosworth ISBN: 9781412924863 Format: Hardback	$316.00
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Children in Custody: Anglo-Russian Perspectives

Children in Custody: Anglo-Russian Perspectives
Author: Mary McAuley ISBN: 9781849660006 Format: Hardback	$200.00
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The Barlinnie Story: Riots, death, retribution and redemption in Scotland's infamous prison

The Barlinnie Story: Riots, death, retribution and redemption...
Author: Robert Jeffrey ISBN: 9781845022679 Format: Paperback	$25.85
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In Russian and French Prisons

In Russian and French Prisons
Author: Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin ISBN: 9781116722253 Format: Paperback	$91.74
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each... Read More >>

First Available Cell: Desegregation of the Texas Prison System

First Available Cell: Desegregation of the Texas Prison...
Author: Chad R. Trulson , James W. Marquart ISBN: 9780292719835 Format: Hardback	$145.20
Charting the transformation from segregation to desegregation in Texas prisons, this title chronicles the pivotal... Read More >>

The Prisoner Society: Power, Adaptation and Social Life in an English Prison

The Prisoner Society: Power, Adaptation and Social Life...
Author: Ben Crewe (Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge) ISBN: 9780199577965 Format: Hardback	$154.95
The Prisoner Society offers an in-depth sociological analysis of prison life drawn from the life stories and experiences... Read More >>

Honor Comes Hard: Writings from California Prison System's Honor Yard

Honor Comes Hard: Writings from California Prison System's...
Author: Northwestern University Press , Northwestern University Press ISBN: 9781882688388 Format: Paperback	$39.47
Prison writing has a long and illustrious history in the United States - home of the modern correctional system.... Read More >>

Prisons the World Over

Prisons the World Over
Author: Rita Simon , Christiaan De Waal ISBN: 9780739140246 Format: Hardback	$129.95
Prisons The World Over reports prison conditions, number of prisoners and occupancy level, offenses for which inmates... Read More >>

Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement

Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement...
Author: Sharon Shalev (London School of Economics, UK) ISBN: 9781843924081 Format: Paperback	$88.99
This book examines the rise and proliferation of 'Supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to holding prisoners in prolonged... Read More >>

Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement

Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement...
Author: Sharon Shalev (London School of Economics, UK) ISBN: 9781843924098 Format: Hardback	$305.00
This book examines the rise and proliferation of 'Supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to holding prisoners in prolonged... Read More >>

Ireland's 'Moral Hospital': The Irish Borstal System 1906-1956

Ireland's 'Moral Hospital': The Irish Borstal System...
Author: Conor Reidy ISBN: 9780716529804 Format: Hardback	$184.67
This book examines the treatment and reformation of the 'juvenile-adult' offender class at Clonmel borstal in county... Read More >>

Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration

Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration...
Author: Paul Wright , Tara J. Herival ISBN: 9781595584540 Format: Paperback	$50.03
An eye-opening and troubling look at the vast network of corporations and individuals that turn a profit from keeping... Read More >>

Sentenced To Hell: The incredible true story of a young mother's miraculous escape from Venezuela's notorious prison system

Sentenced To Hell: The incredible true story of a young...
Author: Natalie Welsh ISBN: 9781847442741 Format: Paperback	$50.03
The remarkably candid memoir of a young woman's struggle for survival and escape from a Venezuelan prison. Read More >>

The Gaol

The Gaol
Author: Kelly Grovier ISBN: 9780719561337 Format: Paperback	$26.99
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Islam in American Prisons: Black Muslims' Challenge to American Penology

Islam in American Prisons: Black Muslims' Challenge...
Author: Hamid Reza Kusha , Professor Austin D. Sarat ISBN: 9781840147223 Format: Hardback	$315.00
The growth of Islam worldwide and particularly in the United States is especially notable among African-American... Read More >>

Lifers: Seeking Redemption in Prison

Lifers: Seeking Redemption in Prison
Author: John Irwin ISBN: 9780415801980 Format: Paperback	$77.99
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